Black Stars B fail to qualify for CHAN 2018 -It would be implausible to say the team went unprepared… Home-based players of Ghana’s Black Stars exuded full alertness prior to the game at the Baba Yara Sports stadium having held the Burkinabes to a 2-2 draw in Ouagadougou last week. The Sunday clash was indeed crucial … Read more
Several reports indicate that Former Black Stars Coach Avram Grant is in talks with Bulgarian side Levski Sofia for a club management job at the side. The former Chelsea coach says he is almost certain to join the club immediately after meeting with officials of the club. Should the deal succeed, it will be Coach Grant’s … Read more
Sun Yang was a surprise absentee in the men’s 1500m freestyle heats on Saturday as the world-record holder again opted out at the world aquatic championships. A Chinese official told reporters the decision was taken to ‘protect his health’ as Sun has complained of tiredness. Despite his no-show, the 25-year-old Chinese giant trained on Saturday … Read more
Freestyle queen Katie Ledecky on Friday cruised towards her fifth gold at the world championships as the fastest into the women’s 800m final in Budapest on Friday. Despite only turning 20 in March, Ledecky is already the most decorated female swimmer in world championships’ history. She earned the 13th title, spanning three championships, by anchoring … Read more
Two women accused of the Cold War-style assassination of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader in Malaysia will go on trial in October, a judge said Friday. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong are accused of rubbing highly toxic VX nerve agent in the face of Kim Jong-Nam as he waited to board … Read more
Cameron McEvoy expects a “very fast” men’s 100m freestyle final at the world championships on Thursday with a “dog-fight” on the cards and the blue riband event wide open. France’s Mehdy Metella clocked the fastest time from Wednesday’s semi-finals of 47.65 seconds, but all of the top five swam under 48 secs. With both Olympic … Read more
Katie Ledecky will shake off any fatigue in her bid to make history on Tuesday in the 1500m freestyle final by becoming the first woman to win 12 golds at world aquatic championships. The 20-year-old freestyle expert picked up two golds on Sunday in Budapest when she won the 400m freestyle title for the third … Read more
Coach Maxwell Konadu has named 28 players to begin preparations for next month’s crucial CHAN 2018 qualifier between Ghana and Burkina Faso. The Black Stars ‘B’ have barely 20 days to face the Burkinabes in the final round of the qualifiers to the Kenya tournament. After a week’s break, camping which will see new faces … Read more
The Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has been drawn to take part in the Rugby Afrique Men’s Sevens Tournament that will take place in Kampala Uganda on the 6th and 7th of October 2017. This tournament serves as the qualifier for the Sevens Rugby World Cup 2018, the Commonwealth Games, and the World Series repechage … Read more
US top seed John Isner and second-seeded defending champion Ivo Karlovic advanced to the quarter-finals of the ATP Hall of Fame Championships with straight-set triumphs Wednesday at Newport, Rhode Island. Isner, the 2011 and 2012 winner at the grass-court event, fired 13 aces in defeating Australian qualifier Sam Groth 6-2, 6-4. The hard-serving American improved … Read more
World football body FIFA said Thursday it had lifted a ban imposed on Sudan last week for government interference in the sport. The move follows the reinstatement of Mutasim Gaafar Sir Elkhatim as president of the Sudan Football Association. He had been forcibly removed from the association offices by police with unelected official Abdel Rahman … Read more
Black Stars ‘B’, formerly known as Local Black Stars, will play the Hawks of Togo in a friendly in Lome on Sunday. The team together with its technical team travelled to Lome Saturday for the encounter, which is in preparation for next month’s CHAN qualifiers. Ghana are scheduled to play neighbours Burkina Faso in a … Read more
South Africa’s Kevin Anderson reached the fourth round of Wimbledon for the third time on Friday but admitted he had cricket on his mind. With his beloved Proteas taking on England in the first Test on the other side of London at Lord’s, the 31-year-old will be keeping a close eye on the match. However, … Read more
All you need to know about Gyan’s Kayserispor deal… Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan was given a befitting welcome by Kayserispor fans upon his arrival in Turkey after completing his move to the Anatolian Stars. The skipper appended his signature to the 2-year deal on Wednesday morning ending speculations on his long-term future. Gyan, 31 became … Read more
Kei Nishikori dug deep to keep his Wimbledon challenge alive as the Japanese star ground out a 6-4, 6-7 (7/9), 6-1, 7-6 (8/6) win over Ukrainian qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky on Wednesday. Despite reaching at least the quarter-finals of the other three Grand Slams, Nishikori has never been past the fourth round at Wimbledon. The world … Read more
Bernard Tomic admitted Tuesday he had lost all motivation for tennis and couldn’t care less if he won or lost as every single Australian crashed out of Wimbledon men’s first round. The talented Tomic was once mooted as a rising star of the sport but says he has hit a mental block, facing another decade … Read more
A Ghanaian policeman who had been a security guard for the national football team has told the BBC that making his international debut was “a dream come true”. Samuel Sarfo made his debut for the Black Stars on Saturday, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute of Ghana’s 2-1 defeat by the USA. … Read more
Kei Nishikori is turning up the aggression in a bid to win the Wimbledon title and get over the grasscourt blues that have dogged his career. The Japanese star is the world number nine but all his 22 tournament final appearances have come away from the grass on either hard or clay courts — something … Read more
After some 2 years on the sidelines, Policeman Samuel Sarfo has made his way to the prestigious Black Stars… There is still a bright side to Ghana’s loss to the US team, in the friendly match played in Connecticut, USA on Saturday, July 1, 2017. United States’ Dom Dwyer and Kellyn Acosta both scored their first … Read more
Lawyer and member of the Justice Dzamefe Commission of Inquiry, Moses Foh-Amoaning, believes that the commission’s work has not hurt the image of the Black Stars as being claimed by some people. The commission was set up after the 2014 World Cup to look into reasons why Ghana failed miserably at the tournament. Its members … Read more